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THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  EVENING 


THE 


Legislative  Correspondents' 


Portraits  and  Biographies  of  Some  Persons 
More  or  Less  Prominent  in  Public  Life 


Entirely  Without  Respect  to  the  Libel  Laws,  in  a  Studious 
Effort  to  Conceal  Everything  But  the  Truth;  Some 
Songs  Built  Upon  the  Same  Principle,  and  Other 
Important  (?)  Material  Entirely  Unfit  to  Print. 


Compiled  by 

The  Legislative  Correspondents'  Association 

of  the  State  of  New  York 


CONTAINING 


WRITTEN 


Albany 
J.  B.  Lyon  Company.  Printers 
19  13 


SOME  OF  OUR  GUESTS 


GOVERNOR  SULZER 
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR  GLYNN 
SENATOR  O'GORMAN 
EX-SENATOR  DEPEW 
EX-GOVERNOR  ODELL 
EX-GOVERNOR  DIX 
WILLIAM  F.  McCOMBS 
JOB  E.  HEDGES 
TIMOTHY  L.  WOODRUFF 
WILLIAM  F.  SHEEHAN 
WILLIAM  F.  CONWAY 
CONGRESSMAN  E.  A.  MERRITT,  JR. 
CONGRESSMAN  C.  M.  HAMILTON 


Iftrmt 

(Cnrktails  Canape  Arlequin 


Wellfleets 


(Olurnsn     Tortue  Verte  Clair  a  la  Fine  Champagne 
Celery        Salted  Nuts  Pimolas 


(Thatrait  Paupiette  of  Halibut,  Bella 

Dillnu       Sliced  Cucumbers    Pommes  Persillade 


Mignons  of  Spring  Lamb,  Ten  Eyck 


Sweetbreads  bon  Marche 


(Xinarrttrri  Sorbet,  New  Regime 


Roast  Squab  Guinea,  sur  Canape 
(DiauHiaiutr  Salade  Surprise 


Bombe  Montmorency 
Mignardises 


Gorgonzola  Cheese 


iflinrral  S*atrr 

(tiijars  Cafe  Noir 


SONGS 


1 


Everybody's  Gettin   It  Now — The  Gate 

Air,  44  Everybody's  Doing  It  " 

5ULZER  says :  "  Now  that  I'm  Boss, 
I'll  command  the  double-cross ; 
Ward  Man  Hennessey, 
Look  around  for  me, 
See  who's  who  around  here,  John. 
Verbeck's  first,  give  him  the  air, 
All  his  help,  too,  we  can  spare  — 
Just  a  little  con,  then  soak  it  to  them,  John; 
Somebody's  doin1  things  now." 

Chorus 

Everybody's  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it, 
Everybody's  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it ; 
See  that  fat  official  over  there? 
One  more  word  and  he  will  get  the  air  — 
Our  Plain  Bill  is  kicking  uo  for  fair. 
He's  a  bear,  he's  a  bear,  he's  a  bear  —  bear! 
Everybody's  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it, 
Everybody's  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it ; 
Each  day  more  men  knowing  their  fate, 
Each  day  more  men  getting  the  gate  — 
You'll  get  yours  if  you  just  wait — 
Everybody's  gettin'  it  now. 

Chorus 

Everybody's  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it, 
Everybody's  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it ; 
Hoefer  got  three  minutes  to  resign. 
Reel  fought  hard  and  Sulzer  gave  him  nine  — 
Scott  said :  "  Rot,  he'll  never  give  me  mine ;" 
Would  the  drop  in  the  slot  wait  for  Scott?  Not! 
Everybody's  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it, 
Everybody's  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it; 
Clark  said:  44  Bill,  I'm  working  for  you, 
Nix  on  tricks  to  make  me  skidoo." 
Hark!    See  Clark  go  up  the  flue  — 
Everybody's  gettin'  it  now. 


The  Sharing  of  the  Green 

O GATHER  near  and  give  your  ear 
To  news  that's  goin'  round, 
They're  fishin'  with  suspicion 
For  some  things  that  must  be  found. 
Every  dollar  that  you've  laid  away 

Is  shivering  in  the  bank 
And  sleuths  have  had  you  covered 

Every  time  you  ate  or  drank. 
When  you  lay  your  head  upon  your  bed 

To  sleep  in  sweet  repose 
Don't  you  dare  to  snore  a  bit  before 

You  hide  away  your  clothes  ; 
For  it's  sad  to  tell  they're  raisin'  hell 

And  actin'  small  and  mean, 
With  the  click  and  kin  that  figures  in 
The  sharing  of  the  green. 

Every  morn  and  night  we're  filled  with  fright, 

We  dread  the  latest  news, 
Our  blood  runs  cold  when'er  we're  told 

Of  Norton's  newest  clues; 
And  we  hare  to  smile  for  fear  Carlisle 

Has  someone  on  our  trail, 
To  give  the  tip  when'er  we  nip 

At  lemonade  or  ale; 
O  it's  danger  here  and  danger  there 

And  danger  everywhere, 
Every  rumor  cites  a  tumor  of  corruption  and  despair, 

O  it's  tough  that  thugs  among  the  bugs 
Had  Thaw  kick  up  a  scene 

That  made  Bill  Clark  pull  from  the  dark 
The  sharing  of  the  green. 


{Continued  on  next  page) 


The  Sharing  of  the  Green — Continued 


"  O  we  should  not  sin."  says  Martin  Glynn ; 

"  We  should  be  fair  and  square, 
To  all  our  pals  on  the  canals, 

Now  looking  for  their  share. 
But  we  must  make  Peck  pull  in  his  neck, 

And  Bensel  must  stay  near, 
To  make  the  crew  hold  out  a  few 

Stray  dollars  for  next  year. 
Let  the  men  who  take  the  contracts  make 

Provision  for  all  cares, 
Let  us  have  some  routes  of  water  chutes 

Before  the  gang  gets  theirs; 
There  are  still  a  few  more  millions  left 

The  builders  have  not  seen, 
So  it's  not  our  fault  if  we  must  halt 

The  sharing  of  the  green." 


3 


John  A.  Dix's  Revenge 

A  Ballad  by  the  Former  Governor,  Entitled  "  Somebody  Else 
Is  Get  tin  It  Where  I  Got  Mine  " 

I WAS  Governor  of  this  State, 
Thought  for  a  while  that  I  was  great ; 
Saw  that  things  were  run  serene, 
Had  no  cause  to  quiz  or  clean. 
But  I  lost  my  job  one  day, 
Murphy  said :  "  John,  on  your  way ;" 
Then  they  gave  my  job  to  Bill — 
Now  I'm  laughing  so  I  can't  keep  still. 

Chorus 

Somebody  else  is  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it, 
Right  where  his  collar  ought  to  be ; 
Somebody  else  is  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it, 
Right  where  the  chicken  got  the  A-X-E ; 
Sulzer  thinks  he  is  in  fine, 
But  he'll  get  his  where  I  got  mine; 
Somebody  else  is  gettin'  it,  gettin'  it, 
Right  where  they  handed  it  to  me. 

They  said:  "John,  you  can't  come  back  — 
You're  O.  K.,  but  you're  too  slack; 
We  want  Sulzer !  "  all  hands  cried, 
(Murphy  says  a  whole  lot  lied). 
Now  every  day  there's  hell  to  pay 
And  Silas  Wright  and  Henry  Clay 
Beam  down  on  Bill  and  sadly  say : 
"  We  had  less  '  bunk  '  in  Dix's  day." 

(Repeat  Chorus.) 


4 


Tammany 


HROW  out  your  chest  and  sing  your  best 


For  years  and  years  you'll  hear  the  cheers 
Hurray  for  Tammany  ! 
Throw  in  a  few  for  Woodrow,  too, 
And  some  for  Jim  O'G., 
Our  Sen-a-tor  who's  looking  for 
The  jobs  for  you  and  me. 


Tammany,  Tammany, 

We  put  all  the  gang  on  deck, 

Then  we  get  it  in  the  neck, 

Tammany  !  Tammany  ! 

First  they  use  us,  then  abuse  us, 

Tammany ! 

Since  Wagner  came  from  Holland 

He  has  mastered  English  well 

And  men  like  Brown,  sit  down  and  frown, 

When  Bobbie  starts  to  yell ; 

He'll  pout  and  shout  and  hit  right  out 

And  every  word's  a  jab 

And  he  has  sec-re-taries  there 

To  chronicle  his  gab. 


Tammany,  Tammany, 

All  the  gang's  parading  great 

On  that  famous  street  called  Straight, 

Tammany,  Tammany, 

Boys,  remember,  next  November, 

Tammany ! 


For  good  old  Tammany, 


Chorus 


Chorus 


{Continued  on  next  page) 


Tammany —  Continued 

McCabe  says  Doctor  Wilson 

Filled  him  up  with  fright  and  woe, 

By  wiring:  "Pack.,  jump  in  your  sack, 

And  start  for  Mexico." 

But  Pack,  said :  "  No,  not  Mexico, 

Not  such  a  place  for  me, 

I  have  a  revolution  of  my  own 

In  Albany." 

Chorus 
Tammany,  Tammany, 
Glynn  has  one  good  friend  in  Pack., 
See  them  lose  and  then  come  back, 
Tammany,  Tammany, 
Pack,  says  Martin's  only  startin', 
Tammany ! 

Al.  Smith  and  all  the  little  Smiths 
Come  straight  from  Tammany; 

And  every  night  they  sit  and*  write 
Their  Pop  in  Albany: 
"  We've  studied  history  over, 

And  we've  looked  men  over,  too, 
And  find  that  Old  Joe  Cannon 
Was  a  shine  compared  with  you." 

Chorus 

Tammany,  Tammany, 

Every  man's  the  Speaker's  pal  — 

"  Order  in  the  House,"  cries  Al. 

Tammany,  Tammany, 

High  and  lowly  thank  Tom  Foley, 

Tammany ! 

Since  Levy  is  the  Boss  of  all 

The  pirates  on  the  floor, 

Mark  Goldberg  has  much  more  to  say 

Than  any  year  before; 

But  Walker  says  they're  falling  out 

For  Goldberg  can't  inspire, 

His  fireman  chum,  A.  Levy, 

To  pull  off  another  fire. 

(Continued  on  next  page) 


Tammany — Continued 

Chorus 
Tammany,  Tammany, 
Hinman  can't  win  much  renown, 
Cuvillier  shouts:  "0  sit  down;" 
Tammany,  Tammany, 
They're  the  candy,  fine  and  dandy, 
Tammany ! 


o 

Now  He's  In  Dutch 


Air:  "  //  was  the  Dutch  " 

WHEN  Sulzer  came  to  Albany  to  rule  or  ruin  with  pride, 
He   canned   the   royal   coachman   and   declared  he 
wouldn't  ride. 
Then  Hackmen's  Union  43  in  secret  conclave  met 
And  took  a  vote  to  get  his  goat  which  it  is  seeking  yet. 

Now  he's  in  Dutch,  now  he's  in  Dutch, 
Is  that  the  way  for  him  to  stay?    It  is  — 
Not  much ! 

Now  he's  in  Dutch,  now  he's  in  Dutch, 
Though  he  hikes  it  every  day, 
He's  still  in  Dutch. 

When  Willie  took  the  "  People's  House  "  he  gave  the  help  the 
air, 

He  only  left  one  sweeper-out  to  do  the  cleaning  there. 
"  This  guy  who  thinks  he's  Henry  Clay,  we'll  nip  him  in  the 
bud," 

The  help  all  shouted  as  they  left,  "  His  name's  not  Clay  but 
Mud!" 

Now  he's  in  Dutch,  now  he's  in  Dutch, 

Does  this  retrenchment  make  a  hit?    It  does  — 

Not  much ! 

Now  he's  in  Dutch,  now  he's  in  Dutch, 
He  may  think  that  he's  in  right, 
But  he's  in  Dutch ! 

"  There's  too  much  crookedness,"  said  Bill,  "  we  must  have 
better  men 

To  do  the  people's  business  in  an  honest  way,"  and  then 
He  picked  a  fellow  out  named  Clark  to  stand  at  Honor's  door 
Who  smiled  and  thanked  him  for  the  cinch  then  tried  to 
pardon  Thaw. 

{Continued  on  next  page) 


Now  He's  In  Dutch  —  Continued 


Now  he's  in  Dutch,  now  he's  in  Dutch, 
]s  everybody  truthful  in  the  case? 
Not  much  ! 

Now  he's  in  Dutch,  now  he's  in  Dutch, 
F< >r  Thaw  is  still  in  jail 
And  he's  in  Dutch  ! 

Now  Willie  never  went  to  sea,  we  often  wonder  why; 
He  had  a  sailor's  instinct  and  could  early  say,  aye  (I),  aye  (I) 
He  chose  the  Ship  of  State  instead  and  started  to  reform 
But  Charlie  Murphy  clipped  his  wings  when  things  were 
getting  warm. 

Now  he's  in  Dutch,  now  he's  in  Dutch, 
Will  Tammany  lose  any  jobs  at  all? 
Not  much  ! 

Now  he's  in  Dutch,  now  he's  in  Dutch, 
He'll  have  to  make  some  more 
Or  he's  in  Dutch  ! 


6 


"There  Ain't  No  G.  O.  P." 

Air:  "  Where  the  River  Shannon  Flows  " 

(Cribbed  from  the  "Amen"  dinner) 

THERE  was  once  a  grand  old  party 
That  was  fat  and  hale  and  hearty 
With  the  nation  in  its  pocket ; 
The  trusts  tucked  up  its  sleeve. 
It  ran  city,  town  and  hamlet, 
It  didn't  give  a  damnlet 
For  a  thing  except  the  motto : 
"  It  is  blessed  to  receive." 

But  now  Bill  Barnes  is  raving 

By  a  lonely,  lonely  grave ; 
For  the  party  is  past  saving, 

There  is  nothing  left  to  save. 
And  all  Wall  Street  mourns  and  mutters 
And  Fierp.  Morgan  spouts  and  splutters, 
And  Bill  Loeb  this  sad  song  utters 
"  Oh,  there  ain't  no  G.  O.  P." 

Except  for  men  like  Merritt 
Who's  escaped  down  to  D.  C. 

They  will  have  to  grin  and  bear  it, 
For  the  thing  has  got  to  be. 

You  can  hear  Sam  Koenig  crying, 

You  can  feel  Jim  Wadsworth  sighing, 

While  the  echo  is  replying, 

"  Oh,  there  ain't  no  G.  O.  P." 

From  Montauk  to  Lake  Erie, 

From  Elmira  to  the  sea 
You  can  hunt  until  you're  weary, 

You  can  look  up  every  tree. 
You  can  page  it  through  the  valley, 
You  can  hunt  through  every  alley, 
But  you'll  never  score  a  tally, 
For  there  ain't  no  G.  O.  P. 


T 


Down  Where  the  Wuerzhurger  Flows 

NOW  poets  may  sing  of  the  dear  Fatherland 
And  the  soft-flowing,  dreamy  old  Rhine, 
Beside  the  Blue  Danube  in  fancy  they  stand 
And  they  rave  of  its  beauties  divine; 
But  there  is  a  spot  where  the  sun  never  shines, 

Where  mirth  and  goodfeliowship  reign; 
For  dear  old  Bohemia  my  lonely  heart  pines, 
And  I  long  to  be  there  once  again. 

Chorus 

Take  me  down,  down,  down  where  the  Wuerzburger  flows, 
flows,  flows, 

It  will  drown,  drown,  drown  all  your  troubles  and  cares 
and  woes ; 

Just  order  two  seidels  of  lager,  or  three, 
If  I  don't  want  to  drink  it  please  force  it  on  me, 
The  Rhine  may  be  fine,  but  a  cold  stein  for  mine, 
Down  where  the  Wuerzburger  flows. 

The  Rhine  by  moonlight's  a  beautiful  sight, 

When  the  wind  whispers  low  through  the  vines ; 
But  give  me  some  good  old  Rathskeller  at  night, 

Where  the  brilliant  electric  light  shines. 
The  poets  may  think  it's  delightful  to  hear 

The  nightingale  piping  his  lay  — 
Give  me  a  piano,  a  cold  stein  of  beer, 

And  a  fellow  who  knows  how  to  play. 


8 


A  Stein  Song 

IVE  a  rouse  then  in  the  May  time, 


For  a  life  that  knows  no  fear, 


v->^    Turn  night-time  into  daytime 

With  the  sunlight  of  good  cheer. 
For  it's  always  fair  weather 
When  good  fellows  get  together, 
With  a  stein  on  the  table 

And  a  good  song  ringing  clear. 


For  it's  always  fair  weather 
When  good  fellows  get  together 
With  a  stein  on  the  table 
And  a  good  song  ringing  clear. 

O !  we're  all  frank  and  twenty 
When  the  spring  is  in  the  air, 

And  we've  faith  and  hope  a  plenty, 
And  we've  life  and  love  to  spare. 

And  it's  birds  of  a  feather 

When  good  fellows  get  together, 

With  a  stein  on  the  table 

And  a  heart  without  a  care. 


And  it's  birds  of  a  feather 
When  good  fellows  get  together, 
WTith  a  stein  on  the  table 
And  a  heart  without  a  care. 

For  we  know  the  world  is  glorious 
And  the  goal  a  golden  thing, 

And  that  God  is  not  censorious 

When  his  children  have  their  fling. 

And  life  slips  its  tether 

When  good  fellows  get  together, 

With  a  stein  on  the  table 

In  the  fellowship  of  spring. 


Chorus 


Chorus. 


(Continued  on  next  page) 


A  Stein  Song — Continued 


Chorus. 


And  life  slips  its  tether 
When  good  fellows  get  together, 
With  a  stein  on  the  table 
In  the  fellowship  of  spring. 

When  the  wind  comes  up  from  Cuba, 
And  the  birds  are  on  the  wing, 

And  our  hearts  are  patting  Juba 
To  the  banjo  of  the  spring. 

Then  life  slips  its  tether 

When  good  fellows  get  together, 

With  a  stein  on  the  table 

In  the  fellowship  of  spring. 


And  life  slips  its  tether 

When  good  fellows  get  together, 

With  a  stein  on  the  table 

In  the  fellowship  of  spring. 


Chorus. 


9 


Then  He'll  Blow,  Blow,  Blow! 

(Air  —  "  Then  Hed  Row,  Row,  Row.") 

BILL  gets  the  boys  together  three  times  a  day, 
He  isn't  modest  when  there's  something  to  say; 
He's  right  there  with  rare  hot-air, 
He  "  throws  the  bull  "  around  for  fair; 
Never  too  dull  for  him  to  be  interviewed  — 
"  Send  for  the  boys!"  he'll  yell, 
So  that  his  fame  can  be  reviewed, 
Then  of  his  worth  you'll  hear  him  tell. 

Chorus 

And  then  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow, 

He'll  blow  a  blizzard, 

He  will  blow,  blow,  blow, 

He'll  bust  his  gizzard; 

Every  scribe  must  take  the  stuff, 

Smile  at  every  bluff, 

But  no  one  dares  to  holler  "  Bill, 

You've  given  us  enough!" 

And  still  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow, 

A  few  more  columns, 

He  will  blow,  blow,  blow,  blow,  blow, 

'Till  our  Editors  wire: 

M  Can't  you  puncture  Bill's  tire?" 

But  still  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow. 

Chorus 

And  still  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow, 

To  boost  his  capers, 

He  will  blow,  blow,  blow 

For  all  the  papers, 

'Till  the  people  say:    "  Why,  Bill, 

You're  givin'  us  a  chill  — 

"  We  haint  a  gettin'  nothin'  now 

But  hot-air  from  the  Hill  " — 


(Continued  on  next  page) 


Then  He'll  Blow,  Blow,  Blow!  —  Continued 

But  still  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow, 

To  "  bull  "  the  people, 

He  will  blow,  blow,  blow,  blow,  blow,  — 

O  he  had  Henry  Clay 

Blown  to  atoms  today, 

But  still  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow. 

Chorus 

And  still  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow, 

For  every  reader, 

He  will  blow,  blow,  blow, 

That  he's  the  leader, 

That  he  now  has  Murphy's  place, 

You  see  it  in  his  face, 

While  Charley  merely  chuckles  and  says  Bill 
Is  off  his  base, 

But  still  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow, 
For  all  the  dailies, 

He  will  blow,  blow,  blow,  blow,  blow, — 
Now  he  has  Silas  Wright 
Worse  than  Thaw  is  from  fright, 
But  still  he'll  blow,  blow,  blow. 


lO 


Mr.  Murphy's  Own  Song 

» 

Everybody  Can  Join  in  the  Chorus 
Air:  "Will  Someone  Kindly  Tell  Me  Why  I  Picked  a  Lemon"  etc. 

(Sung  by  Mr.  Murphy  with  apologies  to  Mr.  Carl  of  the 
"  Spring  Chicken,"  but  none  to  Mr.  Sulzer) 

I HAVE  seen  some  politicians 
Who  were  mighty  good  magicians, 
I've  seen  lots  of  them  come  and  go; 
I  have  picked  good  men  a-plenty 
And  I've  buried  ten  or  twenty, 
I  think  you'll  agree  that  is  so; 
Now  that  Syracuse  convention 
Was  a  patented  invention, 
It  worked  mighty  well,  you'll  agree, 
But  I'm  deaf  and  dumb  from  wonder, 
Will  you  tell  me,  how  in  thunder, 
I  picked  Bill  to  bury  me? 

Chorus 
Will  someone  kindly  tell  me, 
Will  someone  answer  why, 
Wrhy  did  I  put  Bill  over 
And  why  did  he  get  by? 
With  a  million  booms  about  me, 
I  would  like  to  know, 

"Why  I  picked  a  lemon  in  the  garden  of  love 
"Where  they  say  only  peaches  grow." 

I  knew  his  reputation 

When  he  sought  the  nomination 

And  when  he  hung  'round  me,  before, 

But  he  gave  me  good  assurance 

That  his  long  wait  and  endurance 

WTouid  make  him  a  man  I'd  adore; 

So  I  called  nxyself  a  quorum 

And  I  checked  his  baggage  for  him 

And  he  landed  in  fair  Albany; 

But  since  the  last  election 

There's  been  scandal  and  correction 

But  not  a  thing  but  hell  for  me. 


(Chorus  as  above) 


11 


Song  of  the  Highway  Men. 

(Air:  "  Off  to  Philadelphia:') 

WE  are  truly  good  contractors,  we  are  most  important  factors 
When  the  State  has  roads  to  build  in  all  directions. 
We  can  make  them  out  of  sand,  fine  crushed  stone  or 
loamy  land, 
Our  experts  will  never  find  the  imperfections. 

Chorus. 

With  our  contracts  in  our  pocket, 

O,  just  watch  how  we  will  sock  it 
To  that  little  fifty  millions  just  a-borning. 

We  were  friends  of  Gordy  Reel, 
And  we  know  just  how  he'd  feel, 

But  we  got  that  fifty  millions  in  the  morning. 

Of  patented  material  we  know  the  kinds  severial, 

The  Asphalt  Trust,  'tis  said,  makes  terms  quite  decent  ; 

With  our  little  extras  addel,  and  a  pay  roll  maybe  padded, 
We  are  making  lovely  bills  for  work  that's  recent. 

Chorus 

Now  a  new  administration  tries  to  bring  us  consternation, 

With  investigators  prying  on  our  labors  ; 
But  we  feel  secure  and  safe,  though  the  waiting  makes  us  chafe, 

For  the  politicians  know  us  to  be  neighbors. 

Chorus 


STATE  OFFICERS 


WILLIAM  SULZER 


VV/HEN  Sulzer  saw  the  light  of  day  down  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J., 
*  '     the  people  shouted,  "  Hip,  Hurray!   Our  troubles  now  are 
past.    The  populace  is  all  athrill  in  market,  mine  and 
shop  and  mill,  because  in  this  young  infant  Bill  we've  got  a 
friend  at  last." 

When  Sulzer  first  began  to  cry,  the  first  sound  that  he  made 
was  "  I,"  and  then  folks  wondered,  by  and  by,  when  from  his 
tiny  throat  there  came  a  more  connected  sound,  and  with  his 
small  ear  to  the  ground,  he  bellowed  loudly  all  around,  "  Boo- 
hoo,  I  want  to  vote." 

When  Sulzer  went  to  Albany  he  said,  "There's  just  one  job  for 
me,  for  though,  as  all  men  will  agree,  I  am  no  office  seeker,  and 
would  not  stoop  to  blow  my  horn  the  very  place  that  I  was 
born,  beyond  my  fellows  to  adorn,  is  that  there  job  of  Speaker." 

So  Sulzer  spoke  and  spoke  and  spoke,  and  those  who  said  he 
was  a  joke  before  so  very  long  awoke  to  realize  that  he  more 
solid  attributes  possessed  than  many  a  merry  human  jest,  and 
that  is  why  he  soon  progressed  to  Washington,  D.  C. 

They  kept  him  busy  there  because  he  had  to  write  the  people's 
laws,  and  soon  the  people's  wild  applause  rang  out  from  shore  to 
shore.  Did  he  knock  off  and  sit  stock  still?  He  didn't.  No, 
sir  —  not  old  Bill  —  he  kept  on  his  career  until  he  was  the 
Governor. 

And  now  we  have  him  here  tonight,  not  even  that  dead  guy, 
Si  Wright,  could  fill  us  with  such  deep  delight  or  give  us  such 
a  thrill.  Or  look  so  great  and  grand  and  grim,  or  make  us  say, 
"That's  him!  That's  him!"  Or  make  the  limelight  look  so  dim 

as  does  the  People's  Bill. 


MAJOR  EDWARD  G.  SCHERMERHORN 


FOR  purposes  of  accuracy  and  with  no  desire  to  be  uncompli- 
mentary it  must  be  stated  that  Major  Schermerhorn  is  the 
successor  of  Eckford  Craven  DeKay.  The  bulging  effect 
on  the  right  arm  of  the  major's  coat  is  caused  by  the  clock  he 
keeps  concealed  from  the  sight  of  the  occupant  of  the  People's 
House.  Major  Schermerhorn 's  uniform  is  as  popular  with 
Governor  Sulzer  as  a  safety  razor  would  be  with  the  Major. 
When  the  cruel  war  between  Boss  Murphy  and  Governor  Sulzer 
ends,  Major  Schermerhorn  is  going  to  embroider  a  plaque,  to  be 
hung  in  the  People's  House,  bearing  the  words,  "  God  Bless  Our 
Happy  Home."  Being  an  expert  photographer,  Major  Schermer- 
horn's  ambition  is  to  take  a  snapshot  of  Governor  Sulzer  per- 
mitting the  State  to  pay  the  military  secretary's  expenses  to 
Washington. 


MARTIN  H.  GLYNN 


\  li  ARTIN  GLYNN  is  the  man  who  signs  letters  when  Gover- 
*  *  *  nor  Sulzer  is  out  of  the  State.  He  is  also  the  man  who 
says, "  Sh-h!"  when  anyone  breathes  heavily  in  the  Senate 
Chamber.  Once  Tammany  Boss  Murphy  said,  "  Sh-h!"  and 
Mr.  Glynn  defied  him  by  appointing  fourteen  Tammany  men 
and  one  independent  Democrat  on  the  Judiciary  Committee. 
Mr.  Glynn  owns  a  newspaper  which  sometimes  contains  articles 
which,  in  part,  read:  "Mr.  Glynn  spoke  as  follows."  Mr. 
Glynn's  idea  of  happiness  is  to  wake  up  some  morning  and 
see  in  a  newspaper:  "  Governor  Sulzer  resigned  last  night." 
Mr.  Glynn  made  several  speeches  for  Governor  Sulzer  during 
the  last  campaign,  none  of  which  were  taken  seriously  by  the 
newspaper  correspondents.  If  he  doesn't  quit  talking  about  a 
hydro-electric  plant  to  supply  Albany  and  vicinity,  Anthony 
N.  Brady  is  likely  to  cut  down  his  campaign  contribution  next 
time. 


THOMAS  CARMODY 

MR.  CARMODY  is  attorney-general  for  the  State,  and  gen- 
eral attorney  for  Governor  Sulzer,  who  puts  up  to  him  all 
the  legal  matters  which  the  Executive  office  finds  too 
troublesome.  He  is  the  man  who  has  kept  Harry  K.  Thaw  in  jail, 
and  many  people  mentioned  by  the  prison  investigators  out. 
This  was  due  to  Mr.  Carmody's  unfailing  politeness,  which  pre- 
vents his  thinking  of  anything  in  connection  with  court  action 
that  is  not  civil.  He  is  kept  busy  at  present  by  the  Sulzer 
Committee  of  Inquiry  which  has  developed  the  habit  of  passing 
the  buck  to  him  on  every  possible  occasion.  Mr.  Carmody's 
dislike  of  notoriety  keeps  him  from  issuing  more  than  four 
statements  a  day.  He  comes  from  Penn  Yan,  which  is  one  of 
the  finest  places  in  the  State  to  come  from.  Mr.  Carmody  was 
once  almost  a  candidate  for  Governor. 


JOHN  A.  BENSEL 


JOHN  A.  BENSEL  engineers  things.    If  he  is  personally  in- 
terested he  will  even  engineer  a  boom,  but  he  is  at  his  best 
digging  canals.    The  Panama  Canal  would  have  been  finished 
long  ere  this  with  Bensel  on  the  job.    Ask  HIM,  if  you  don't 
believe  it. 

It  really  seems  too  bad  to  keep  the  State  Engineer  on  the 
little  ditch  in  New  York.  Still,  what  it  lacks  in  breadth  and 
thickness,  it  makes  up  in  length  and  the  contracts.  Well,  say, 
some  contracts.  Fine,  rich,  fat.  Lieutenant-Governor  Glynn 
knows  all  about  that. 

Several  folks  have  tried  to  hand  Mr.  Bensel  the  take-the- 
count  wallop  during  the  last  three  years  but  nobody  yet,  not 
even  with  the  help  of  engineers  from  the  U.  S.  A.,  ever  got 
through  his  guard. 

He  is  suspected  of  ambition.  It  is  whispered  that  he  wants 
to  be  Governor.  But  Charley  Murphy  says:  "Nix.  He  knows 
too  much.    He  might  turn  out  worse  than  Bill." 


THE  SENATE 


ROBERT  F.  WAGNER 


D  OBERT  FIREPROOF  WAGNER  was  made  in  Germany 
*■  ^  at  an  early  age.    He  decided  to  be  President  of  the  Senate 

when  he  grew  up,  and  at  once,  with  typical  German  dogged- 
ness,  began  preparing  for  the  task.  He  studied  Die  Warheit  and 
soon  learned  of  the  low  rates  of  fare  to  Hoboken.  Arriving,  he 
was  apprenticed  to  the  City  College  and  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  B.  S.  (not  the  vulgar  kind).  Later,  he  partook  of  a 
course  of  law  and  so  entered  politics.  Living  near  Hell  Gate,  he 
was  naturally  interested  in  conflagrations,  and  became  one  of  the 
best-known  advocates  of  solid  concrete  or  hollow  tile  construction 
as  an  insurance  against  destruction  in  the  future.  This  gave  him 
the  nickname  of  "  Rob  the  Rock."  After  learning  the  ropes  in 
the  Assembly,  he  climbed  into  the  Senate  and  soon  made  a  dent  in 
the  ranks  of  the  Old  Guard.  His  method  was  to  use  a  sledge 
hammer  instead  of  a  sword,  and  he  has  found  it  very  successful. 
Wagner,  like  George  Washington,  never  tells  a  lie.  He  doesn't 
have  to.  He  has  Murphy  back  of  him  in  everything  he  says. 
That,  some  folks  say,  is  where  he  has  it  on  George,  who  had  no 
Tammany  Hall  to  help  him  murder  the  English.  Wagner's 
greatest  claim  to  fame  is  his  Factory  Investigating  Commission, 
which  is  going  to  do  either  one  of  two  things  :  Make  it  a  felony 
to  employ  children  and  women  ;  or  else  make  it  a  felony  to  run 
a  business  in  anything  but  a  fireproof  vault. 

Wagner  is  now  investigating  the  police  situation.  His 
method  is  to  call  all  the  reformers  and  let  'em  talk.  That  pleases 
the  reformers  and  doesn't  hurt  Wagner  any.  Also  he  is  said  to 
pull  the  strings  for  Murph.  He  is  the  In-Ter-Med-I-Ary  in  the 
awful  war  between  Murph.  and  the  Governor.  He  calls  'em  both 
by  their  first  names  ;  but  otherwise  is  intensely  serious.  He  is 
said  to  work  twenty-four  hours  a  day  since  he  had  his  appendix 
cut  out.  If  he  passes  his  own  laws,  he  will  soon  be  able  to  sue 
Murph.  for  overtime.  Incidentally,  The  Pcepul  seem  to  think 
he  is  the  goods. 


PATRICK  E.  McCABE 

PATRICK  E.  McCABE  is  the  leading  independent  Demo- 
crat in  the  State  of  New  York.  He  is  an  unassuming  man 
and  if  the  title  doesn't  stick,  he  won't  mind  it.  He  won  it 
at  the  Democratic  State  Convention  in  Syracuse  last  fall  when 
he  engineered  the  landslide  that  gave  the  Gubernatorial  nomi- 
nation to  William  Sulzer  on  the  fourth  ballot.  McCabe  knew 
when  the  psychological  moment  for  an  irresistible  Sulzer  tide  to 
sweep  the  Convention,  was  at  hand.  He  had  consulted  Tam- 
many leader  Charles  F.  Murphy,  and  Mr.  Murphy  had  seen  to 
it  that  there  should  be  no  slip-up  on  Sulzer  by  directing  all  the 
other  delegates  to  watch  what  McCabe  was  doing  and  to  do  like- 
wise. 

Patrick  E.  McCabe  has  a  good  face,  a  good  heart,  a  good 
head  and  a  better  scent.  He  can  smell  a  political  job  long  before 
it  is  created.  He  has  shown  a  knack  for  being  present  at  the 
birth  to  receive  the  little  stranger,  hug  it  to  his  heart,  and  never 
let  it  go  again. 

The  time  is  long  past  when  Patrick  E.  McCabe  as  a  politician 
could  qualify  in  the  amateur  class.  He  is  serving  his  second 
term  as  Clerk  of  the  Senate,  and  that  dignified  body  doesn't 
seem  to  mind  it  a  bit. 


ELON  R.  BROWN 

C  LON  R.  BROWN  who  represents  the  Thirty-fifth  Senate 
District,  is  the  Republican  leader  in  the  Senate.  His  de- 
bates with  Robert  F.  Wagner,  the  majority  leader,  are 
characterized  by  the  mild  temper  and  shrinking  modesty  of  a 
violet.  Senator  Brown  sits  in  the  third  pew  on  the  right  as  one 
enters  the  Senate  by  the  middle  door;  and  he  can  frequently  be 
seen  leading  the  mighty  forces  of  the  Republicans  in  their  irre- 
sistible course  of  futility. 

Senator  Brown  was  born  some  time  ago  and  is  now  a  lawyer 
in  Watertown.  Once  he  was  an  insurgent,  but  he  is  now  the 
leader  of  the  Bill  Barnes  Progressives.  As  such  he  is  a  staunch 
defender  of  the  Constitution  and  the  persecuted  water-power 
interests.  He  is  very  modest  about  appearing  in  print,  and  his 
refusal  to  furnish  data  for  this  sketch  compels  us  to  cut  it  short. 


JAMES  J.  FRAWLEY 

JAMES  J.  FRAWLEY,  Democrat,  who  represents  the  Twen- 
tieth Senate  District,  is  either  President,  Vice-President  or 
Corresponding  Member  of  every  Athletic  Club  this  side 
of  the  Mississippi  river.  The  date  of  his  birth  is  not  known, 
but  it  will  not  be  needed  for  some  time,  for  Senator  Frawley, 
though  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  Senate,  has  not  aged  under 
the  load. 

There  are  younger  Senators  than  he,  but  few  who  can  make 
a  more  vigorous  speech.  He  was  the  author  of  that  ringing 
question:  "  They  have  been  investigating  Tammany  now  for  over 
a  hundred  years,  but  whom  did  they  ever  put  in  jail  ?  I  ask  you ! " 

The  punch  in  his  talk  is  due  to  the  interest  he  has  taken  in 
prize-fight  legislation.  He  fathered  the  boxing  law  in  the  Legis- 
lature and  is  proud  of  his  child. 

He  has  been  re-elected  so  many  times  that  historians  have 
lost  count.  He  is  chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee,  and  no 
better  proof  is  needed  of  the  fidelity  with  which  he  discharges 
his  duties  and  the  sensitiveness  of  his  conscience  than  the  fact 
that  he  courageously  held  up  the  nomination  of  Milton  E. 
Gibbs.  The  objections  to  Gibbs  were  so  slight  that  a  man  with 
less  conscience  than  Frawley  could  have  swept  them  aside  and 
put  Gibbs  through. 


JOHN  F.  MURTAUGH 

JOHN  F.  MURTAUGH,  Democrat,  who  represents  the  Forty- 
first  Senate  District,  opened  his   eyes  on  this  world  in 
Elmira,  and  found  that  city  so  well  worth  looking  at  that 
he  has  continued  to  live  there  ever  since,  with  the  exception  of  a 
short  period  when  he  was  compelled  to  live  in  Ithaca  in  order 
to  captain  the  Cornell  baseball  team. 

He  is  understood  to  have  done  a  good  job  as  baseball  captain, 
and  his  work  in  the  upper  house  at  Albany  has  been  on  the 
same  order.  He  was  the  first  Democrat  ever  elected  from  his 
district,  which  is  normally  Republican  by  4,000.  But  at  least 
2,001  of  those  Republicans  are  baseball  fans. 

Senator  Murtaugh  is  a  friend  of  Col.  Joseph  F.  Scott,  the  recent 
State  Superintendent  of  Prisons.  This  is  one  of  the  best  things 
known  about  Colonel  Scott. 

As  chairman  of  the  Judiciary  Committee,  Senator  Murtaugh 
has  had  a  few  things  to  do  this  session.  He  also  introduced  the 
labor  people's  Workmen's  Compensation  bill,  but  he  has  been 
doing  his  best  to  live  that  down.  He  is  a  highway  expert,  which 
does  not  mean  a  highwayman,  and  the  Sulzer  bill  for  the  re- 
organization of  the  Highways  Djpartment  bears  his  name. 


SETH  G.  HEACOCK 


5ETH  GROSVEXOR  HEACOCK,  Republican,  who  repre- 
sents the  Thirty-second  Senate  District,  saw  his  first  dollar 
in  the  city  of  Buffalo  on  March  i,  1857.    None  have  es- 
caped his  notice  since. 

He  succeeded  in  making  his  way  through  Hamilton  College 
and  went  out  to  face  the  world  at  the  age  of  23.  His  abilities 
were  recognized  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  who 
appointed  him  a  postmaster.  His  handsome  features  made  an 
impression  as  they  shone  through  the  stamp  window.  But  there 
was  too  little  profit  in  stamps,  and  he  resigned  to  go  into  the 
oil-producing  business. 

The  Republican  party,  after  watching  his  success  in  this  ven- 
ture for  a  time,  saw  that  he  was  the  very  person  to  nominate 
for  State  Senator,  with  the  inevitable  result  that  he  was  elected. 
This  was  in  1906,  and  he  has  been  three  times  re-elected. 

Mr.  Heacock  is  reorganizing  the  Republican  party  against 
William  Barnes  and  is  keeping  the  new  machinery  well  fed 
with  oil. 


JAMES  A.  EMERSON 

JAMES  A.  EMERSON,  Republican, represents  the  Thirty-third 
Senate  District,  particularly  the  hotels  and  railroads  in 
remote  sections  of  the  Adirondack^,  which  otherwise  must 
suffer  from  lack  of  proper  consideration  at  the  hands  of  the 
State's  lawmakers.  He  represents  all  the  interests  of  his  district 
so  faithfully  that  when  the  Republican  party  is  not  in  power  he 
votes  with  the  Democrats  in  order  that  his  constituents  may  have 
a  friend  at  court.  He  engineered  a  highway  through  the  Adiron- 
dacks  which  didn't  miss  a  hotel  or  lumber  camp  in  which  a 
single  politician  of  either  party  was  concerned.  Senator  Emerson 
and  Brother  Lou  exploit  most  of  the  Adirondack^  which  the 
Paper  Trust  hasn't  gobbled.  He  has  a  tender  heart,  and  when 
cruel  Governor  Hughes  wanted  to  drive  the  beautiful  thorough- 
bred from  the  State,  Senator  Emerson  nobly  came  to  its  rescue 
and  voted  for  improving  the  breed  of  horses.  In  spite  of  a  load 
of  too,  too  solid  flesh,  Senator  Jim  is  the  most  active  man  in 
the  Senate,  and  whenever  a  roll-call  is  announced,  he  shoots 
through  the  Senate  doors  with  such  momentum  that  he  almost 
meets  himself  coming  back. 


STEPHEN  J.  STILWELL 


C TEPHEN  J.  STILWELL  represents  the  Twenty-first  Sena- 
torial  District.  That  isn't  all  he  represents.  When  he  is  not 
at  Albany  he  can  always  be  seen  at  his  office  in  New  York. 
Legislating  is  not  Mr.  Sti! well's  only  business.  He  finds  time  to 
draw  a  will  occasionally.  Mr.  Stilwell  is  taking  a  keen 
interest  in  the  Wall  Street  bills,  and  the  brokers  are  natur- 
ally taking  a  keen  interest  in  Senator  Stilwell.  He  recently 
introduced  a  bill  to  compel  automobiles  to  carry  safety  lights  in 
the  rear,  the  advantage  to  be  derived  from  which  should  be 
patent  to  all  who  know  the  Senator  —  or  the  light.  A  year  ago 
he  demanded  the  County  of  the  Bronx  from  Murphy,  and 
Murphy  gave  it  to  him  —  with  a  string  on  it.  Senator  Stilwell 
is  not  a  rich  man  but  he  hopes  to  be  able  to  serve  several  more 
terms  in  the  Legislature. 


WILLIAM  LAURENCE  ORMROD 


]V /IR.  ORMROD  is  the  man  who  once  startled  the  Senate  by 
*  majestically  arising  in  his  seat  and  saying:  "Mr.  Pres- 
President,  I-I-I  ask  that  the-ah  the-ah  b-b-b-bill  h-h-have 
a  second  " — (loud  applause  accompanied  by  remarks  of  "Bill's 
actually  made  a  speech").  Next  to  George  W.  Aldridge,  Mr. 
Ormrod's  best  friend  is  Theodore  Roosevelt,  who  by  putting  a 
candidate  into  the  field  in  the  46th  senatorial  district  last  fall, 
enabled  Mr.  Ormrod  to  continue  this  year  at  Albany.  Mr. 
Ormrod  has  been  successively  a  school  boy,  an  iron  moulder,  a 
telegraph  operator,  a  hotel  keeper,  a  millionaire  and  a  friend  of 
Seth  Heacock.  Mr.  Ormrod  was  ill  during  the  early  part  of  the 
session  and  Seth  Keacock  nearly  died  of  thirst. 


THE  ASSEMBLY 


ALFRED  E.  SMITH. 


LFRED  ELECTRIC  SMITH,  Democrat.     First  spark  of 


life  in  New  York  City.  Been  getting  up  high  voltage  ever 
since.  Great  wire-puller.  Dangerous  when  charged  with 
heavy  current.  Has  shocked  many  an  old  maid.  Showered 
sparks  all  over  old  Dan  Frisbie,  and  now  has  his  place  as  Speaker. 
In  early  years,  an  actor.  Sometimes  still  referred  to  as  an  actor, 
with  the  prefix  "  raw."  Can  bawl  out  even  Louis  Cuvillier. 
Noted  for  ability  to  coerce;  coax,  bully,  wheedle,  persuade  and 
win.  In  other  words,  gets  his  own  way.  Used  to  tell  Governor 
Dix  his  proper  place  in  the  scheme  of  things  and  get  away  with 
it.  Hasn't  yet  had  a  chance  with  Sulzer  because  he  couldn't 
get  a  word  in.  Works  with  Wagner  —  Not  "I.  W.  W.,"  but 
"  W.  W.  W."  Same  methods  used  by  both  organizations. 
Saws  wood,  saws  the  air,  sings  songs,  belongs  to  the  Collector's 
and  Affixer's  Union.  One  of  Murphy's  Boys  —  his  Gold  Dust 
Twins — "Let  Smith  and  Wagner  do  Murph's  work."  Man- 
ages to  support  a  large  family,  but  owns  no  touring  cars.  How- 
ever, 'e  'as  'opes. 


AARON  J.  LEVY 

AARON  J.  LEVY,  who  represents  the  Fourth  Assembly  Dis- 
trict of  New  York  county,  began  his  political  career  as  a 
district  leader  for  the  Citizens'  Union,  because  the  Tam- 
many leader  who  knew  Aaron  best  wanted  to  have  somebody  he 
could  trust  in  charge  of  the  reform  movement  in  his  territory. 
Now  Aaron  is  majority  leader  of  the  lower  branch  of  the  Legisla- 
ture, and  is  in  charge  of  more  reforms  than  his  clerks  can  keep 
track  of.  He  is  reforming  everything,  from  the  New  York  City 
police  force  to  news-stands  and  the  legislative  procedure.  He 
hasn't  yet  succeeded  in  reforming  Cuvillier.  Mr.  Levy's  monu- 
mental achievement  in  politics,  though,  was  the  Levy  Election 
Law.  When  Aaron  put  this  through  the  Legislature  it  was  a 
beautiful  edifice.  When  the  Court  of  Appeals  got  through  with  it, 
it  was  a  crumbling  ruin,  and  Murphy  has  never  felt  quite  the 
same  toward  Aaron  since.  Neither  have  the  up-state  Democrats. 
When  Mr.  Levy  has  ended  his  legislative  cares,  he  devotes  some 
attention  to  the  legal  necessities  of  gunmen  and  nighthawk 
chauffeurs.  Mr.  Levy  is  an  eloquent  speaker,  and  on  occasion 
has  set  the  Capitol  ablaze  —  with  enthusiasm. 


HAROLD  J.  HINMAN 

TV7ITH0UT  any  intention  of  being  unkind,  the  figure  that 
W  Hinman  brings  to  mind,  is  a  lean  and  starved  old 
G.  0.  P.,  that  has  been  licked  to  the  last  degree.  He's 
generally  said  to  be  the  voice  of  the  man  who  prevented  "The 
People's  Choice"  from  riding  the  symbolic  pachyderm  in  his 
recent  race  for  the  first  Third  Term.  That  T.  R.  was  balked, 
and  the  country's  free,  was  due  to  Billy  Barnes  and  he.  So 
Hinman's  liked  by  Democracy.  He  leads  a  few  of  heroes  true 
who  fight  the  Tiger  like  Merritt  used  to  do.  All  he  can  do  is  kick 
and  holler;  when  it  comes  to  roll-calls  very  few  "  f oiler."  To 
hear  him  shouting  about  graft,  you'd  never  think  the  good  old 
craft  "  State  of  N.  Y."  had  ever  been  manned  by  a  lot  of  Barnes' 
men. 


LOUIS  A.  CUVILLIER 


MR.  CUVILLIER  is  not  the  author  of  a  bill  to  suppress 
nuisances.  He  doesn't  father  measures  in  which  his 
personal  interest  might  be  at  stake.  He  was  one  year  old 
when  he  first  lisped  the  words,  "  Mr.  Speaker;"  every  time  he 
has  uttered  them  since,  J.  B.  Lyon  raises  his  hands  in  gratitude 
and  exclaims:  "  Here's  where  we  make  another  hundred  printing 
the  Assembly  minutes."  Mr.  Cuvillier  holds  the  record  for  long- 
distance bill  introducing.  He  has  fathered  more  bills  than  Gover- 
nor Sulzer  did  when  in  Congress,  but  has  passed  fewer.  Mr. 
Cuvillier  doesn't  believe  in  the  recall  but  the  suffragists  do — as 
applied  to  him.  Color  was  lent  to  his  legislative  record  when  he 
presented  a  bill  to  establish  a  negro  regiment.  Mr.  Cuvillier 
is  an  independent  Democrat  with  Percy  Nagle  leanings. 


MARTIN  G.  McCUE 


ASIDE  from  a  tendency  to  plug  for  the  highbrow  reform- 
ing element  in  Albany,  ,;  Marty  "  McCue,  who  represents 
the  Sixteenth  New  York  District,  is  all  right. 
"  Marty"  can't  resist  that  inborn  disposition  to  reform  things. 
He  would  make  the  world  better;  a  more  comfortable  place  for 
people  to  live  in.  For  example,  some  of  the  Excise  laws  in  this 
State  are  really  unjust.  Mr.  McCue  ever  since  he  took  his  seat 
in  the  Assembly  has  striven  manfully  to  improve  them.  With 
the  assistance  of  the  Reverend  O.  U.  Miller  he  may  yet  succeed. 

McCue  is  a  born  orator.  Few  can  resist  his  eloquence  when 
he  really  uncorks.  But,  really,  "Marty"  is  at  his  best  in 
private  life.  There,  if  he  doesn't  win  you  by  his  logic  he'll  get 
you  with  that  sunny  smile. 

P.  S.  —  Some  say  Mr.  McCue  has  considerable  steam  in  his 
punch  even  now  and  there  was  a  time  when — .  But  that's 
getting  pretty  far  back  into  the  dim  and  distant  past. 

It  is  only  just  to  McCue  to  say  that  despite  his  close 
affiliations  with  certain  prominent  members  of  the  Prohibition 
party  he  is  really  a  member  of  the  Democratic  party.  If  he 
didn't  vote  right  Al.  Smith  would  knock  his  block  off. 


JOHN  R.  YALE 


JACK  YALE  has  been  in  the  Assembly  so  long  that  even  the 
oldest  inhabitant  has  forgotten  when  he  came  or  how. 
Everybody  knows  whence  he  comes,  however.   Putnam  is 
his  county  and  down  there  he  is  credited  with  controlling  the 
county  organization  of  the'Republican,  the  Democratic  and  the 
Progressive  parties. 

Jack's  friends  say  he  has  put  over  some  hot  ones  in  his  time. 
But  he  never  makes  unnecessary  noise  about  it.  As  "  Plain 
Bill"  says:  "Results  speak  louder  than  words."  Yale  gets 
results.  In  a  pinch  he  can  deliver  a  score  or  so  of  votes  in  the 
Assembly. 

The  best  way  to  get  a  line  on  Jack  is  to  sit  in  a  game  with 
him.    But  be  careful,  it  might  prove  expensive. 


THE  PROBERS 


JOHN  G.  CARLISLE 

(By  Governor  Sulzer) 

«  JOHN  GRAFTHUNTER  CARLISLE  is  an  old  friend  of 
J  mine.  He  is  one  Democrat  who  admits  I  am  The  State 
Leader.  There  are  no  flies  on  John,  even  if  he  does  come 
fromWatertown.  Selected  by  Governor  Hughes,  my  predecessor — ■ 
for  whom  I  have  the  highest  regard  because  I  believe  he  always 
did  the  best  he  could  according  to  his  lights,  just  as  I  do  the 
best  I  can  according  to  the  light  that  is  given  me — Mr.  Carlisle 
served  on  the  Public  Service  Commission  with  distinction,  and  I 
speak  advisedly.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  he  wanted  to  gee  back 
on  the  Commission,  and  was  such  a  good  friend  of  mine,  I  made 
him  my  Chief  Head  Hunter.  He  has  served  me  well.  Any  time 
I  wanted  to  'get'  anybody,  I  sent  John  after  him.  Any  time  I 
wanted  anybody  appointed  Secretary  to  the  Commssion,  or  to 
any  other  place,  he  put  'cm  on.  I  stand  ready  to  make  John 
Public  Service  Commissioner,  Superintendent  of  Prisons,  Super- 
intendent of  Highways,  or  anything  else  that  happens  to  have 
been  vacated  recently.  Step  up,  John,  and  receive  your  re- 
ward." 


JOHN  H.  DELANEY 


JOHN  HUSTLE  DELANEY  comes  from  Brooklyn.  That  is 
the  worst  thing  that  can  be  said  about  him.  He  "  might 
have  been"  Public  Service  Commissioner  instead  of  McCall, 
but  that  Willie  Regretful  Hearst  printed  the  appointment  so 
many  times  in  his  newspapers  before  it  was  made.  Delaney  is 
the  most  popular  man  with  the  office-holding  ring  in  Albany. 
As  loyal  servants  of  the  people,  they  all  appreciate  his  efforts  at 
discovering  what  in  the  world  they  were  paid  for,  and  why. 
Delaney  can  spot  an  officeholder  at  sight.  The  officeholder 
always  gives  himself  away  by  running  around  the  block  when 
John  approaches.  They  do  say  that  Delaney  is  a  friend  of 
Charlie  Murphy.  Well,  it  hasn't  made  him  a  Commissioner, yet. 
And  soon,  it  is  rumored,  he  will  go  back  to  his  own  newspaper 
job,  receiving  the  cordial  thanks  of  the  Chief  Executive,  with- 
out compensation  other  than  the  sense  of  duty  well  done. 


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